Minor Chords for Guitar
A lot of guitar players don’t think about chord voicings (the order of the notes in chords) and play very clumsy barre chords and other chords which have too many notes, unneccessary notes that get in the way and clutter up the sound. A minor chord only needs three notes, a 1st, a flat 3rd and a 5th. It isn’t always necessary to play the root note as the lowest note on the chord. An example would be, if a chord was called G minor, many players would be in a hurry to play the G as the lowest note. The other notes of a G Minor are B flat and D. When you are working with other instruments the Bass player or Keyboard player could play the G bass note, this would give you the opportunity and the space to be more inventive. What I’ve done in this Acoustic or Electric Guitar TAB and Music Notation is to put together a dozen three note minor chords with fretboard fingerings that a lot of players don’t use. I use these a lot with fingerstyle playing and these type of chords create space for the other musicians and also they will open up new ways of playing songs by building chord sequences.You want to be a good guitar player? Work on this stuff, when you rip it apart and play with what I’m showing you hear you could possibly see the potential of it. Why play everything the same as other player? A lot of guitar players just see a chord symbol and strum out any old familiar chord that works. That sort of playing has a use by date if you are interested in being a great player. To download the printable version click Minor Chords for Guitar PDF and Music Notation
